gregintenn

Oil them and wear them. Redwing sells a fantastic boot oil. Neatsfoot will work too. Water will make them stiffer when they dry.

...et tal.   If for nearly a year you haven't been able to produce sufficient quantities of 150 and 170 grain 30-30 bullets sot that I can find ONE damn box on a shelf somewhere, perhaps you should gather management together and form a circular firing squad. :rant:

I would suggest you keep an eye out for a used Thompson Center Renegade, Hawken, or the like. They are high quality, and can be found for a song.   You also may want to buy a kit and build your own. If so, Dixie Gun Works is the Toys R Us of black powder.   I like shooting them, but despise the clean up that follows.   I find the deer hunting opportunities during muzzleloader season are far better than rifle season.

Perhaps being prepared will rub off on my children. I don't really expect to see something truly catastrophic in my lifetime, but I fear they will.   Also, I find the better prepared you are, the fewer emergencies you encounter. That, or else being prepared turns a dire emergency into a minor inconvenience.

My suggestion as well. It may not be you, but that is the cheapest, easiest place to start checking for problems. It is also usually the problem when I have a handgun that won't shoot to the point of aim. I've found that shooting a handgun well isn't an easy thing to do; at least not for me.

I'm trying not to complain, although I'm going to wear my mower out before winter. Last year, it was well over 100 degrees each day for more than two weeks solid. It was so dry the leaves on the trees here dried up and fell off. I work outdoors, and much prefer this year's weather to that of last year.

I have the same thing. Unfortunately, my wife does NOT share this interest. :stick:

That is correct.   I find it odd, however, that powder and primers are considered haz-mat, while ammunition is not. Just about all the ammunition I've purchased contained both powder and primers all together in one package.

Nice looking stuff! I've bought a couple pair from Patrick, and have been very pleased as well.   These look like ivory in the picture above. I really like those, and don't guess I've ever seen any like them.

Mr. Cooper had his version of the perfect 1911, just as most everyone else who's tinkered with them does. After several years of buying, selling, shooting, adding, subtracting, and modifying parts, I've found my perfect 1911 is one of the least expensive I've owned. It is a Rock Island Armory with an officer sized grip frame, and a 4" barrel. I added an Colt ambi safety, three dot sights, and a pair of Grashorn Elk Stag grips. I can't find anything else to do to it. It shoots and feels great, good trigger, and is dead reliable. Sometimes you get more than what you pay for. [url=http://s612.photobucket.com/user/gregintenn/media/IMG_1887.jpg.html [url=http://s612.photobucket.com/user/gregintenn/media/IMG_1887.jpg.html][/URL] [url=http://s612.photobucket.com/user/gregintenn/media/IMG_1885.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s612.photobucket.com/user/gregintenn/media/IMG_1886.jpg.html][/URL]

I see you're from Knoxville, and I don't shop there, but around here several things have been in short supply since 2008.

"1941" is always a classic. :D

This is purely speculation on my part because I have never shot a deer with a 223. I expect the violent expansion of the average soft point 223 bullet into the lungs/heart area would cause a great deal of shock and damage and be an instant killer, while the 308 would expand some, but not as much, and cause less damage on a clean pass through shot. The kicker for me is that in the event you miss the shot a bit and hit the shoulder, the 308 would penetrate and do much more damage than the 223, which would likely only cause a severe surface wound. You may be flawless with a rifle in the woods, but I'm not. Things happen, and I like the added security of penetration that comes with a larger round.

I understand, but I'm beginning to wonder just how temporary this will be.

Both are capable of killing a whitetail deer, but neither, in my opinion, are great choices. Killing is done in one of two ways; 1)disabling the nervous system, or 2)shock due to blood loss. The larger and deeper a hole you can leave in an animal will on average result in a quicker kill, all other things being equal, than a smaller, more shallow hole.   The reason I say a 223 isn't a great choice is because it is a tiny projectile, easily deflected and stopped, and also leaves a tiny hole. This will still kill effectively with proper shot placement. From a bench, proper shot placement isn't too difficult. In field conditions when you're shivering cold, out of breath, and/or suffering from an onset of buck fever, proper shot placement is a more difficult proposition. I like the added insurance against a slightly skewed shot given by a larger projectile.   The reason I say the 338 Magnum isn't a great choice is that most bullets loaded for this round are tough, thick jacketed bullets designed for large thick skinned game, and often pass through a deer unexpanded, doing little damage and shock to the deer while carrying most of it's energy with it after it passes completely through the animal. You can load a thinner jacketed bullet into a 338 magnum, but at that velocity, these bullets are likely to disintegrate upon impact making only a terrible flesh wound.

I dunno.....I do run across plenty of self righteous a--holes, self absorbed a--holes, arrogant a--holes, stupid a--holes, inconsiderate a--holes, and politicians, but I don't guess I've ever considered their ethical standards.

Fall Creek Falls and Henry Horton are nice. Cedars of Lebanon is o.k. if you really like ticks. :ugh:

There are no shortages of a##holes for sure!!!

I'm not for price controls, and the guy can do whatever he wants with the ammo he bought. What I don't understand, to use your car analogy, is if people were waiting at car dealerships for shipments, and buying ALL the cars before they hit the lot, and doing it for nearly a year now, wouldn't manufacturers ramp up production to meet demand?   This ammo shortage has lasted longer than I expected, and I smell a rat. I just can't put my finger on it quite yet.

You are looking at $700-$800 if it is a mixmaster, as most of them are, or $2000 up if original.   Either way you got a great deal. After you shoot it, you'll not want to part with it. It's like a large scale 22. A really fun plinker.

Trust me.....there are plenty left. Plus, for everyone we sporterize, it'll make your originals worth more.

If you owned the only model of firearm I'm aware of chambered in this cartridge, you wouldn't want to fire it. I expect he's either got an ammunition collection, or else looking for some to display with his 1903 conversion if he's very lucky.

I always wanted to attend an NRA convention. Sounds like I might not get a chance at a closer one.

They also could have came from a 6.5 Jap, 6.5 Carcano, etc. Really hard to say for sure.

Do you have something to shoot it in? If so, we need pictures!